[[image:evanprodromou.jpg|left|Evan Prodromou, at the wheel of my Citroen DS]]

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[[Image:Evan large wine avatar.jpg|right|Evan Prodromou]]

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I'm Evan Prodromou, and I'm one of the two founders of Wikitravel. I do most of the system administration and custom programming tasks for Wikitravel. I'm a writer and programmer from [[San Francisco]] living in [[Montreal]] (ICBM: 45.5288, -73.5711).

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My goal as a Wikitraveller is to channel other contributors' exuberance and knowledge to best meet our [[Wikitravel:goals and non-goals|goals]]. With technology, community guidelines and policy, and day-to-day copyediting and re-structuring, I want to optimize the impact of Wikitravellers' efforts, and shorten the distance between editors and readers.

My goal as a Wikitraveller is to channel other contributors' exuberance and knowledge to best meet our [[Wikitravel:goals and non-goals|goals]]. With technology, community guidelines and policy, and day-to-day copyediting and re-structuring, I want to optimize the impact of Wikitravellers' efforts, and shorten the distance between editors and readers.

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I have a [[User:Evan/TODO|todo list]] and some [[User:Evan/tools|tools]]. I also have a [[User:Evan/Workspace|workspace]] where I test out new articles and ideas. On a personal note, I have a [[User:Evan/wishlist|wishlist]] of places I'd like to visit, and a [[User:Evan/FOAF|friend-of-a-friend]] listing page.

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==Contact==

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Probably the best way to reach me is through my [[User talk:Evan|talk page]]. Just edit the page and put in your message. I'm much more amenable to requests if you take the time to learn and use our local methods of communication.

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Press and other people who don't bother adapting to local mores can contact me at [mailto:evan@wikitravel.org evan@wikitravel.org] or at +1-514-554-EVAN.

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You can also reach me on IRC as [irc://irc.freenode.net/evanpro,isnick evanpro on freenode]; I'm almost permanently in the [[Wikitravel:IRC channel]]. I'm also on AIM as [aim:goim?screenname=Evan+Wikitravel Evan Wikitravel].

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I've got a half-baked home page at http://evan.prodromou.name/ .

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==Docent==

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I've volunteered as a [[Wikitravel:Docents|docent]] for some destinations. Feel free to contact me by any of the above electronic methods (please don't phone!) if you have questions about one of those places.

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In 2001 I got a generous layoff package from RSA Security and took the opportunity to quit the expensive hurly-burly SF lifestyle. I piled my belongings into the back of my beloved 1972 Citroen DS and spent the next 6 months alone driving around [[Canada]], the [[United States]], and [[Mexico]]. I eventually settled in [[Montreal]] to write my first novel (still unfinished), then joined Maj in [[Geneva]] for a round-the-world trip including touring [[Southeast Asia]] and living in [[Lisbon]] for a season. We returned to [[Montreal]] in July 2003 for Maj to start graduate school at McGill University, and as a side-project started Wikitravel.

In 2001 I got a generous layoff package from RSA Security and took the opportunity to quit the expensive hurly-burly SF lifestyle. I piled my belongings into the back of my beloved 1972 Citroen DS and spent the next 6 months alone driving around [[Canada]], the [[United States]], and [[Mexico]]. I eventually settled in [[Montreal]] to write my first novel (still unfinished), then joined Maj in [[Geneva]] for a round-the-world trip including touring [[Southeast Asia]] and living in [[Lisbon]] for a season. We returned to [[Montreal]] in July 2003 for Maj to start graduate school at McGill University, and as a side-project started Wikitravel.

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A year later, we were married on the platform of the [[:Image:Montreal Biodome.jpg|Biosphère]] in Montreal. Today, we're still living in Montreal, parents of a beautiful 17-month-old girl named Amita June. I work on Wikitravel full time doing development and system administration, and try to find time to write.

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A year later, we were married on the platform of the [[:Image:Montreal Biodome.jpg|Biosphère]] in Montreal. Today, we're still living in Montreal, parents of a beautiful 2-year-old girl named Amita June. I work on Wikitravel full time doing development and system administration, and try to find time to write.

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Latest revision as of 20:17, 30 December 2013

My goal as a Wikitraveller is to channel other contributors' exuberance and knowledge to best meet our goals. With technology, community guidelines and policy, and day-to-day copyediting and re-structuring, I want to optimize the impact of Wikitravellers' efforts, and shorten the distance between editors and readers.

I was born 14 October 1968 in Cincinnati, Ohio but moved to California at an early age. After graduating with a major in physics and a minor in English at the University of California at Berkeley in 1990, I spent a year writing software in Amsterdam before returning to San Francisco to join the nascent Internet boom. I did a stint working for Microsoft's Bay Area office, then I lept into the Web with both feet, working on dozens of Web sites and Web software packages between 1995 and 2001. I developed a passion for Open Source software and Open Content, grass-roots Internet culture, and SF's Burning Man-oriented techno-artistico-music scene. I was lucky enough to meet Maj during this time.

In 2001 I got a generous layoff package from RSA Security and took the opportunity to quit the expensive hurly-burly SF lifestyle. I piled my belongings into the back of my beloved 1972 Citroen DS and spent the next 6 months alone driving around Canada, the United States, and Mexico. I eventually settled in Montreal to write my first novel (still unfinished), then joined Maj in Geneva for a round-the-world trip including touring Southeast Asia and living in Lisbon for a season. We returned to Montreal in July 2003 for Maj to start graduate school at McGill University, and as a side-project started Wikitravel.

A year later, we were married on the platform of the Biosphère in Montreal. Today, we're still living in Montreal, parents of a beautiful 2-year-old girl named Amita June. I work on Wikitravel full time doing development and system administration, and try to find time to write.